La Folle Journée de Varsovie: THE FINALE CONCERT (32)

Tickets go on sale on 1 September 2021, 11 a.m.

PROGRAMME:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo: Allegro

Louis Andriessen, The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for orchestra and ice-cream vendor’s bell (1970)

PERFORMERS:

Liya Petrova – violin

Sinfonia Varsovia

Alexander Liebreich – conductor

Liya Petrova is a remarkable young violinist born in Bulgaria. She won numerous competitions, including the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2016. In 2020, she released a recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Op. 61 with Sinfonia Varsovia and now will perform this masterpiece at La Folle Journée. The symphonic part of the Festival will be concluded with a playful miniature – a collage of all of Beethoven’s symphonies composed by Louis Andriessen, the doyen of the Dutch contemporary music scene who died this July.